About the CRC

The UTHSC Clinical Research Center (CRC) has been NIH-funded for over 40 years, supporting clinical research for investigators from UTHSC and partner institutions including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the VA Medical Center, Regional One Health, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Southern College of Optometry, the University of Memphis, and the Medical Education Research Institute.

Current Facilities

Located on the 8th floor of the East Wing at Methodist University Hospital, the CRC occupies approximately 6,750 sq. ft. of primarily outpatient space. The facility includes:

• • Nine examination rooms and a three-bed patient bay
  • Exercise physiology room
  • Bio-nutrition teaching lab
  • DXA (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry) procedure room
  • Processing laboratory and storage
  • Medical records room
  • Six staff offices
  • Environmental chamber (cold room) used to study physiological responses to cold stress

Expansion Plans

The CRC is planning an expansion that includes a new 19,500 sq. ft. outpatient Central CRC designed for a modern, participant-friendly experience. The existing facility will be renovated to support high-acuity outpatient and inpatient studies, including Phase I clinical trials, with enhanced data monitoring and stronger human subjects protections.

Together, these improvements will advance the translation of basic science discoveries into clinical applications that improve public health.